Posted by Joe on July 27, 2000 at 01:37:33:
In Reply to: Re: Fear posted by janis on July 26, 2000 at 09:50:47:
>but i have this huge fear of public speaking. i don't know why. i am not extremely shy. i mean, i'm an introvert, and a bit shy sometimes, but nothing that would explain the fear. it seems to be totally irrational.
Yeah, me too. When I said I wasn't frightened by very much I meant that I usually wasn't frightened by physical danger, but public speaking is another thing that frightens me (although not the same terror as the walking on the Golden Gate Bridge). Of course it is irrational and I know that it is irrational, but no matter how much I tell myself it is irrational I still feel the fear when in front of an audience.